CELLO CTO

Boccherini: Stabat Mater

CONCERTI PER VIOLONCELLO (COMP

CONCERTI PER VIOLONCELLO 2

4 SONATAS & 6 FUGUES FOR VIOLO

4 SONATAS FOR VIOLONCELLO 2

Boccherini and the minuet: these two words are as closely interlinked in one’s mind as Foucault and the pendulum. + Yet, it is not the title of an individual piece that has stuck to his name as an “epic attribute” but the designation of a dance movement he composed by the hundreds during his lifetime: nearly all of his 600 compositions contain a minuet. + Gergely Ittzés is widely known as an expert of modern flute playing, and one who is also committed to the entire flute literature; moreover, he keeps extending and enlarging it by performing forgotten works and making transcriptions.

The dominated by the German-Austrian musicology at the beginning of the last century ex cathedra announced estimates of who should be regarded in the 18th century as a composer of lesser importance, are only gradually put in question. Long Boccherini therefore had to wait with it's own, very individual approach to it's rehabilitation as an in relation to the composers of the Viennese classical equivalent artists. His 1770 incurred Divertimenti Op.16 for Flute and Strings show him as a composer, in which the entertainment value never at the expense of musical substance. The thematic ingenuity of this music seems inexhaustible, and her charm is enchanting in every sentence.

Boccherini: Divertimenti, Op. 16, Vol. 2 / Sensi, Piccolo Concerto Wien, Composer: Luigi Boccherini, Conductor: Roberto Sensi, Orchestra/Ensemble: Piccolo Concerto Wien, Number of Discs: 1, CREDITS: Cello [Violoncello] - Franziska Romaner, Stefano Veggetti, Composed By - Luigi Boccherini, Double Bass - Roberto Sensi, Ensemble - Piccolo Concerto Wien, Flute [Transverse Flute] - Marcello Gatti, Illustration [Front Illustration] - Francisco Goya, Producer, Engineer [Recording Engineer], Photography By - Roberto Meo, Producer, Recording Supervisor, Edited By [Digital Editing] - Sigrid Lee, Viola - Johanna Gamerith, Violin - Jenping Chen, Johanna Gamerith

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Like most great musicians of his time, Luigi Boccherini travelled a great deal. He was both a cellist and a composer and a great virtuoso, renowned for his dexterity. In his works he combined Baroque style and performance with the foundations of Classical and even Pre-Romantic practices. Bruno Cocset and Les Basses Réunies perform this brilliant music with care and verve, and invite the listener to accompany this fine Italian cellist and composer on his travels...

This release takes the listener through a special journey. Guided by the cello, you will be traversed across history through what you hear but also what you read. Bruno Cocset writes: "With these Cello Stories, our intention is to show you how an instrument and it's repertoire have taken shape whilst retaining the imprint and memory of diverse origins. I have selected the musical programme from my recordings for Alpha- some of them previously unreleased- to complement the text by Marc Vanscheeuwijck and numerous contemporary illustrations." Bruno Cocset founded Les Basses Reunies in 1996 alongside Pascal Monteilhet and Richard Myron. All three musicians studied at renowned international music schools, and have appeared as continuo players or soloists with many prominent European Baroque ensembles. The group's aim is to promote the repertoire specific to bass isntruments.

BOCCHERINI: Cello Sonatas

BOCCHERINI: Flute Quintets, Op. 17

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